__NOTOC__ Gmina Zwierzyn is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in Strzelce-Drezdenko County,

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...

, in western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Its seat is the village of Zwierzyn, which lies approximately south-east of

Strzelce Krajeńskie Strzelce Krajeńskie (german: Friedeberg in der Neumark) is a town in western Poland, in the Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Strzelce-Drezdenko County. The town's population is 9,950 (2019). History In 1254, Margrave Conrad of Br ...

and north-east of

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 4,335.

Villages

Gmina Zwierzyn contains the villages and settlements of Błotno,

Brzezinka Brzezinka (; german: link=no, Birkenau; cs, Březinka) is a village in southern Poland, about from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. General information The village is near the c ...

, Górczyna, Górecko, Górki, Gościmiec, Owczarki, Pełczyna, Przysieka, Rzekcin, Sarbiewo, Sierosławice, Zagaje, Żółwin and Zwierzyn.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zwierzyn is bordered by the gminas of

Drezdenko Drezdenko (; german: Driesen) is a town in western Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Strzelce-Drezdenko County. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 9,804. History The area was a site of a border fort of the medieval Polish state. ...

Santok Santok (german: Zantoch) is a village in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Santok. Geography It is located at the confluence of the Noteć and Warta rive ...

, Stare Kurowo and

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Zwierzyn is twinned with: *

Rehfelde Rehfelde is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. History With the foundation of a plywood mill in 1906, the first manufacturing company came to Rehfelde. On September 3, 1907 the night the express train from ...

, Germany

References

{{Strzelce-Drezdenko County Zwierzyn Strzelce-Drezdenko County